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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
Slaughter

B%allinger & Hewitt on Wednesday
night had nineteen sheep at pasture
in a lot on Elm street adjoining the
railroad. During the night they got
out of the field either by accident or by
some one letting them out, and wan
dered down the railroad track, fetching up
al the bridge over Chestnut run, at the foot
of Church street, where they made them
selves at home on the track, lying in a
bunch-sheep fashion. The train for Bru-
mas excursion, on its way down to Salem
in the carly morning hours, dashed into
the flock and killed fourteen of the animals,
grinding some of them into an almost I'M
recognizable mass.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
.ynst over the County Zines.

A luz tavern has been located just inside
the Gloucester county line for the purpose
of supplying Ninelaaders with beer and
whiskey.
Tuesday night week, Thos. C. Stratton,
near Evans Mills, had seven pigs killed by
lightning, and last Saturday a COW valued
at $50 died.
Camp meeting was opened Saturday at
Hendrickson's grove, above Swedesboro, by
the Small Gloucester A. Nj. Il. Church. 1t
continues this week.
The Swedesboro bank statement shows
that loans and discounts have been made
to the amount of SOB, S4S. The surplus
fund runs up to So, 1000.
Bridge tenders are to be hired for Nor
tonville and Pedriektown bridges during
the trucking season by the F~reeholders of
Salem and Gloucester counties.
Louis b. Ottinger, of Bridgeton, wishes
to challenge DR.. Emile Teller to a public
exhibition in cornet playing, competent
judges to decide which is tho best player.
The old officers of the Mullica Hill and
Woodbury. Turnpike Company were re-
elected at the annual meeting held at
Woodbury. last week. The usual dividend
of 3 rer cent. is payable at Woodbury..
Col. Roberts, the Government engineer
in charge of improvements on the Della
ware River and branches, estimates that
50, 2t5, 600 will be needed to complete ex-
isting projects. He wants 5000 for
Woodbury. and $40, 600 for Raccoon creek.
Harry Senseman, a boy Is years of age,
came from Philadelphia to live with Frank
Taggart a farmer near Mantua, some time
last November. Since the early part OF last
June he has been missing, and nothing has
been heard ofhim either by his mother or
Mr.. Taggart.
A stated meeting of the Gloucester
County Temperance Alliance will be held
at Pitman Grove next Friday afternoon,
August 18th. A general invitation to the
public is extended and a full attendance of
members is requested. A mass meeting
will be held in the evening.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
Prosneeis for the Fair.

The general impression seems to be that
the celebration of the centennial of the
adoption of the constitution of the United
States, to be held in Philadelphia during
the week of of Sept. 18th, will seriously
interfere with the attendance of the people
at the fair of the West Jersey Agricultural
and Horticultural Association, which oc-
ours on three days of the same week. This
centennial will be the greatest occasion
that Philadelphia or any other city has
ever known. unless it be certain days of the
Exposition of 1876, and it ii is estimated that
over a million and a half of strangers Will
be present. All the arrangements will be
made on a most magnificent scale, and the
railroad companies have already announced
very low rates to those desiring to attend,
thereby insuring an immense attendance,
especially from points so near as Woods
town. To illustrate the enormity of the
crowd who will attend, the clerk of tile
Continental Hotel, one Of the largest in
Philadelphia, states that every in
that house has been already taken for the
week. This would indicate that the Fair
people will have to fight a pretty big rival
that week, and one which will have the
backing of extraordinary low fares over
the railroad aud the advantage Of not
charging any admission fee.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
An Trip.

Mr.. John G. Voight, of Philadelphia,
was driving to Woodstown last Saturday
afternoon to visit Jos. S. Broadway, coming
via Gloucester and Salem turnpike. When
about / miles above Swedesboro his horse
was frightened at a heavy clap of thunder
and became unmanageable, running into
the fence and completely demolishing the
carriage and dragged Mr.. Voight some dis
lance by the lines and finally escaped, run
ming toward S~wedesboro. Mr.. V. was
picked up by a gentleman coming from
Wolfert's station and taken to Swedes-
boro where he procured another team and
went back to the scene of the breakdown
after the contents of the carriage, and
then finished his journey to Woodstown.
His horse was found about a mile from
Swedesboro. The carriage was wrecked
beyond repair, and Mr.. V. was severely
bruised and had his clothing badly torn,
but no serious injuries.
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Elmer complains Of much d~runkEess.
Miss Ella Scott will teach the Daretown
school this fall.
A white black bird was shot in l.. A.
Creek last week.
The Salem canning houses began opera
tions last Saturday.
The Elmer Brass Band are to give a
peach festival August 10Th.
The P~ennsgroye Pier is to undergo q
thorough repair at an early day.
The bell on the Presbyterian church in
Elmer is plainly heard in Daretown.
Salem has school facilities for only 60
per cent. of her children of school age.
The Mosacsa Band, of Pedricktown, will
make their annual excursion to Atlantic
City on Friday, August 10Th.
Lewis Blizzard, a l.. A. Creek veteran
of the late war, has received a pension of
$500 and IS a month hereafter.
Richard Cooke, of Elsinboro, has a marc
So years old, which he keeps in a good
condition. ana is still able to work.
A railroad extcntion is to be built from
the main road, from Salem to Elmer, to
the can house of Hitchner & Richman.
The hack running from Ailoway station
to Alloway will hereafter meet all trains.
So says the South Jerseyn0n's Alloway
correspondent.
a species of light green worm is playing
havoc with grape vines at Salem. Beside
eating the leaves, it cuts the grapes off as
smooth as it could be done with a knife.
Itah Tribe, I. O. r. NJ, of Elmer, pro-
pose having an anniversary August Both.
1t is expected that speeches will be made
by prominent Red Men, and a supper and
parade will probably be given
Halls Iron Foundry, Salem, was sold
last Saturday. The building was purchas-
ed by Isaac Acton, the mortgage, while
the tools, material, Nc, were bought in by
parties i'll the interest Of II. ID. Hall, who
expects to continue the business.
While driving from Pitman Grove last
Sunday, John w. Blake of Pole Tavern
picked up pocket-book which contained,
besides a large SUM of money, papers OF
many hundred dollars value. The papers
indicated that it belong to A. T. Merrill,
of Mickleton.
The regular quarterly meeting of Salem
County Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals will be held on Tues
day afternoon, August 10Th, at A o'clock.
Reform Association Hall, Salem. All in
terested in the objects of this Society are
requested to be present.
During the heavy shower of last Satur-
day afternoon the large barn of Thomas
Maskell, at Maskell's Mill, Lower Allo-
ways Greek, was struck by lightning and
entirely consumed. Some of the animals
were gotten out safely, but a fine colt and
all the rest of the contents ofthe barn were
lost. The loss is put at 50, 600. The
lightning also struck a small barn belong
ing to Henry Simons, near the former, and
killed his horse.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

The Fenwick club, Of Salem, visited
Elmer on Wednesday and defeated the
Elmer club by one run.
The second mines of Woodbury. and
Woodstown will cross bats again next
Tuesday on the FAIRGROUNDS.
The game yesterday between the
Woodstown and Cape May clubs resulted
in a victory for the latter by 4 score Of II
to 8.
The Woodstown I'D nine went to
Woodbury. on Wednesday and were de-
feated by tho ''2d nine" Of that place by
score of s to 7.
The ''Stars'' of Woodstown and the
F'Blue Stockings of Swedesboro had 4
game on the Fair grounds on Saturday.
Swedesboro was victorious by one major
ity, the score being 0 to g.
The series of games between the Fen
wicks, of Salem, and the Woodstown clubs
has been declared of, on account of the
dispute arising over the result of the sec
ond game played at Salem week before
last.
Last Friday the Woodstown boys played
a game with the Woodbury. club on the
Woodstown Fair Ground. The Woodbury.
boys got there with five runs TO their
credit against three for Woodstown. The
game was well played ON both sides.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
SuspfciOus Case,

On Monday of last week Leisler Enewer,
a young Russian Jew, was found in a barn
at Alliance, the Jewish settlement in Pitts
grove township, this county. Squire Col
der, of Centrcton, was sent for, who, after
viewing the body, decided that Enewerhad
committed suicide by hanging, and tho body
was inferred. The deceased, when found,
was lying across the slabs forming the
bottom of the NOW, one foot hanging into
the stable below. Around his neck was
a slender piece of tarred string or rope,
which had cut its way into the flesh,
making an unsightly wound. To all
appearances the string had been too slender
to suspend the weight of the body and had
broken, allowing it to fall to the floor below.
The peculiar circumstances attending the
case led the friends of the young man to
suspect foul play and they had an %investi-
CATION made but without arriving at any
definite conclusion other than that it was
a case of self murder. The young man
recently arrived in this country with a
| young girl to whom he was af1ianccd and
the couple made their home with the
girls uncle, who, it is said, objected to
their marriage until he should have pro-
cured employment, he having exhausted
his resources in coming to this country.
1t was also said that the uncle wished the
girl to marry a friend of his, in better cir
substances. The trouble worked on the
young mans mind and is by some sup
posed to have prompted him to suicide,
while others think he was put out of the
way by parties interested in breaking up
the match between the young couple.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

We have been going to tell you for some
time past about the battle our friend Cor
nelius Mulvehiil, ESD, had with the bees
lately, but we keep forgetting it. "Conny''
had some moving to do in the n~eiphbor-
hood of the bee hives and thought to steal
a march on the hot-footed insects by com
mencing at five o'clock in the morning, be-
fore they were astir. The bees, however,
were up by half-past four and on the look
oHt for our distinguished friend, and the
first 'sv ish" of the scythe was the signal
for a grand rush. The air was black and
blue in that neighborhood for as much as
two hours and a half after the occurrence.
We met COMFY later in the day and he
was a sure-enough case of swelled head.
To add to his griefs the owner OF
the bees had doctored his head with sweet
oil, and was by no means as economical
with it as he might have been, and the oil
had run under his shirt collar and had lu
bricated his entire nervous system. 'Con
ny" now sings,
20, drive that bee away,
While yet you hear him sing;
For if You let him stay,
You'll surely get his sting -
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
West Jersey Camp Meeting.

The West Jersey camp meeting which
will be held near Willow Grove, will com
mence On Thursday, Aug. IS, and close on
Monday, August goth, Revs. G.. l.. Dob
bins, p. E.; j. =. Connolly and William
Burley, preachers in charge. Daily
services: $50 A. NJ, early morning service;
$50, prayer meeting; 10, preaching; 2 P.
NJ, children's service; 3, preaching; G, ex-
p~erience meeting; 7.30, preaching; Sunday
August 21st and 2Sth, Love Feasts at 8 A.
NJ.
The following is the partly arranged pro-
gramme as to preachers and date of service:
Thursday, Aug. 18th, Revs. G. II. Tullis
and S. Ii. Harris; Friday 10th, J.. r.
Downer and II. j. Zelley; Saturday. Goth,
J. E. Diverty; Sabbath 81, j.. 7. Merrell
and ]. B. Whitton; Monday, %, j. G..
Edwards, G. w. Powell and E. +. Sher-
Chattin and E. c. Sunfield; Wednesday,
"a, Temperance day undert the auspices Of
the W. c. II. U. of Cumberland county.
Addresses will be made by Rev J. w.
Morris, II. w. Wilbur, Esq, of Vineland,
Mrs S. E. Stokes of Woodbury., Mrs. S. ].
G. Downs, of Ocean Grove, and Rev.
James Rogers, of Merchantville and others;
Thursday 25th, Revs. II. S. Morris,
j. Graw and ]. W. CLARK; Friday, Goth,
Sunday-School day; morning, Revs. z. It.
Dugan and ]. II. Payran; 1.30, w. Mar
gerum; 3 p. NJ, w. G. Ogborn and c. &.
Ogden, blackboard exercise; evening, Rev.
c. r. Smith; Saturday, d. johnson; Sun
day, Aug 2Sth, Chaplain A. Gilmore and
J. o. r. Corliss; Monday Goth, Revs. ].
L. Lake and J. r. Thompson.
Prof. W. ]. kirkpatrick, of Philadelphia,
will be the musical director and Mrs, II. A.
Olin, of Vineland, will have charge of the
children's services.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
The stuffed paddy nuisance.

The small boy is trying to see what he
can do in the way of frightening people
after night fall, by using as agent a stuffed
paddy, with string attachment. The other
evening as a lady ofourtown wasg going home
after doing some shopping, and got as far
as Ballinger's hill, she saw what at first
she supposed to be a man lying stretched
upon the ground. As she neared the oh
iect il moved to the middle of the street.
The lady noticed that it did not move its
feet nor arms, and upon a closer observa-
ton discovered a string fastened to it and
a lot of boys upon the opposite side Of the
street hid behind q fence pulling it. lfthe
lady had been Of a timid nature she would
undoubtedly have beed badly frightened
We think such actions are outrageous. and
it is time the parents of sach children We're
looking after them and compelling them to
remain indoors after nightfall. il.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

The down freight from Philadelphia to
Salem was wrecked at Swedesboro Tues
day morning, by the breaking of a coup
ling, on the embankment just above Rae
coon creek. Seven rear cars were left
standing on the track near the bridge and
when the train had proceeded across the
bridge another coupling broke and several
other cars ran back and crashed into the
others, knocking one car endwise and
wrecking a car load of coal, which stood
on the bridge, and dumped part of its con-
tents into the creek. 1t took all the morn
ing to clear the track, and travel and the
mails were greatly ~disarrangcd. The
morning train from Philadelphia reached
Woodstown at LOOP. M. The early morn
ing trains to Philadelphia were obliged to
go over the old road.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

Mrs. Ruth Stow is visiting friends in
Bridgeton.
Miss Hattie Clark is spending her vaca-
ton in Atlantic City and Iridgeton.
Rev. A. J.. Hires, of Kinston, North Car
olina, has been visiting in Cape May Co.
Mrs. Sarah Watson, of Philadelphia,
aud her daughter Amanda, are visiting
relatives in Woodstown.
The wife of Conductor Shull is on a trip
to Hamilton. Ontario, in company with
Mrs. B. p. Wcstcott, Of Salem.
Miss NJ. A. Finley and Miss Emma
Cook. of Philadelphia, are enjoying their
vacations with friends in Woodstown.
Miss Addie L. Engles, of Philadelphia,
is spending a two weeks vacation at the
residence of her mother in Woodstown.
Mrs. F. NJ. Borden and Mrs. }. B. Bor-
den, of Camden, have been spending the
week at the residence of John Borden.
Prof. Adam Geibel, who has hosts of
friends IN Woodstown and vicinity, has
been taking a vacation AT Oxford, Nd.
James MeCloskey, of Cleveland, Ohio,
who has been away from Woodstown for
two years, is visiting his parents here.
Rev. James Trickett, formerly of Alto
way, has resigned the pulpit of the Beverly
Baptist church o n account Of i'll health.
Misses Annie Armstrong, Maggie Fra
zier, Annie Seybold, Maizie Chalmers and
May Bailey are a bevy of Camden young
ladies stopping at Mrs. Smith Hewitt's.
L. w. Albright, New Jersey editor of
the Philadelphia Ledger, is away on a two
weeks vacation during which he will
visit the principal resorts along the coast.
Elder VIM. j. Boynton and wife have
removed permanently from Woodstown
and are now at K~ensington, Conn. Jacob
Urion has rented the house on Broad street
formerly occupied by them.
George Horner and Chalkley Coles, of
Jacksonville, with their wives, will in a
few days make their usual summer visit to
John Roberts, Esq, who has a handsome
cottage at Atlantic City.
Rev. c. T. Garrison, of Simpson NJ. T..
Church, Trenton, formerly of Swedesboro,
has given notice that he will resign at the
end of the month. He is going to found
the New Jersey Educational Home for the
Feeble Minded at Millvillc.
At the installation of Rev. w. r.
McNeal as pastor of the Pearl street
Baptist church, Bridgeton, on Monday
evening, Rev. w. i. Cornwell, pastor of
the Woodstown Baptist Church extended
the right hand of fellowship.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
NauIn Jersey NoIes.

ON account of the shortncss of The crop the
peach exchange at Bridgeiop Viii not he
opened this season.
Mrs. Margaret Ayers. OF ~Hridgeton, aged as
Years, tell dead on sunday evening while
looking ont of the window.
The post Office inspector has been visiting
Atlantic City and improved postal facilities
are expected TO follow his visit,
The reward OFFS which has for years been
paid by Camden county forthe recovery of a
body. viii hereafter be discontinued, the
Freeholders having so decided.
Thomos Howard and o McQneag. OF fhil-
adelphia, lessees of the hotel at Sea Breeze.
were brought to Bridgeton last week ON the
charge OF keeping a disordcrly house AT The
former place. The complaint was made By a
member of the Law and order League OF
Bridgcton. They were taken before q Justice
of the Peace, and each was held in 500 for a
further hearing.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
Sale Of Privileges.

The sale of privileges connected with the
fair Of the West Jersey Agricultural and
Horticultural Association next month was
made yesterday, the sales footing up to
1926, which is SO more than the sale last
year amounted to. The following are the
list of privileges sold, also the buyers and
the amount paid for each: Root beer and
soda water fountain, Il. +. Horner, Bridge
ton, $50; mineral water, mead, lemonade
and sarsaparilla, c. Butler, Philadelphia,
s45; confectionery, John Brady, P~hiladel-
phia, $1S; ice cream and cakes, Benz. Alb
bott, Woodstown. $40; nuts of all kinds,
Albert Kahn, Philadelphia, $50; foreign
fruits, John Brady. Philadelphia, so; oys-
tiers, No. 1, B. F. Lee, Salem, s4l; oysters.
No. 2, 3. F. Lee, Salem, $1T;pop corn,
John Brady, Philadelphia, $3.50; horse
feed, Charles Burt, Woodstown, S25; din
ner stand, Mrs. Smith Hewitt, Woodstown,
SIS; tobacco and segars, W. Kinnin, At
lantic City, s22.50; photographs, Frank
Snyder, Gloucester. $1,000.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12

The work Of laying the drain on Dickin-
son and Green streets progresses slowly.
Jacob Z. Clark has had a portieo built
in front Of his residence next the Friends
meeting house.
The lumber is being placed on the
ground for the new dwelling of Mrs. II. A.
Cawley on Grant avenue.
Joseph G.. Stretch has the frame up for
a handsome dwelling to be occupied by
himself on the corner of Railroad avenue
and Dickinson street.
David f. Broadway has commenced a
dwelling on his lot on Dickinson street,
and VIM. s. Gofortli will break ground in
a few days for a residence on the same
street.
4 plank curb has been put along the
sidewalk from the iron bridge to Cole
mans store in South Woodstown, and the
walk raised with a liberal supply of
gravel.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-08-12
The LOTUS CIub.

The annual visit of the Lotus Club to
Woodstown took place last Friday. Quite
a number were present from Pennsylvania
and Gloucester and Salem counties. There
are very few lilies in the Woodstown pond
this year, but in the Sharptown mill pond
there are between nine and ten acres in
bloom. The spectacle was grand, and
much pleasure was expressed by those
present. Last year it was thought the
lilies covered about seven acres, but they
have extended so rapidly that this year the
area WAS given as ten acres covered by the
lotus plants.
After returning from Sharptown and par
taking of dinner the club convened at the
Academy and listened to addresses by Rev.
Jesse Y. Burk, President of the Club, and
Mr.. Sturdivant, of Bordentown, who has
the wonderful water gardens at that place.
He exhibited some beautiful specimens of
the true Egyptian lotus, which is pink in
color, and some from Japan. He also ex-
hibited some water lilies from Japan,
of the same natural order as our common
pond lilies <nymph0 odordtd) but which were
pink and crimson. lie told how to raise
these beautiful flowers, and closed by in
viting the members of the III to visit his
water Gardens, in Bordentown, promising
to let Mr.. Burk know when the Victoria
Reqia would be in bloom, SO the members
and those interested could see this largest
and grandest of water lilies at the same
time they saw the pink and crimson lilies
1t was thought that about September first
would be a suitable time.
Mr.. Burk humorously referred to the de-
ception pract;ced on some of the Club last
year who had bought and carefully cared
for some spatterdock roots which had been
palmed off upon them as roots of the lotus
One of the visitors from Woodbury. made
quite an investment in these roots and no
doubt now has a nice collection of Salem
county spatterdocks mingled with those OF
Gloucester county in the same pond.
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Ian

"What's this that steals across my frame ,
Ola Hymn.
It's a chill, you bet! There is a vast
difference between a man who has had a
chill and q man who mover had. The lat
ter is defiant, %impudent, aggressive. He
laughs at the man who has had en- or
who has "got EN- He can't understand
how an ~able-bodied, robust biped can be
| downed by a little SILVER and crawling of
the flesh. He pooh-poohs at malaria,
scouts at the idea of the eager" and puts
on a heap of airs generally. By and by,
pretty soon, may-hap, he reaches a period
in his existence when things assume a
sombre hue. He don't know what it is
that makes his head ache-not very bad
but Just enough to feel uncomfortable. He
tells you he can't ''enjoy his whites like
he used to. He thinks he must be getting
the ''rheumatiz'' for his knees feel "kinder
sore" He loses the jaunty air with which
he used to walk the street. lie begins to
have a mean, hang-dog appearance, and if
you did not know him to be square you
would instinctively avoid him if you met
him in a lonely place. After a few days
of this, some time about the middle of the
day, he knocks Under, says he aont feel
very well and guesses he will lie down.
Pretty soon he is calling for mother" to
put on TWO or bHrCc extra Qulls anu tHc
''chill' is on. All vain mani Where now
be thy quips and gibes? Canst thou not
crack a joke while little fiends from Arc
tic seas draw icicles up and down thy
spine? Hast thou no word of merriment
when a little puff of air, caused by the
fluttering of a sheet, eauseth thee to draw
thyself up with knees against thy hin and
shake and shake and shake? Wait but a
littlel In another hour thou wilt be hot
enough with a most detachable fever cours
ing holly through thy veins and thy head
seeking vainly for a cool spot in the pillow
wherein to rest. Wilt ever make fun
of the chills again? We trow not. When
he energies from his retirement with head
buzzing with quinine and limbs almost re-
fusing to carry his weight he is a changed
being. He has joined the noble army of
martyrs, and in future, whatever else he
may laugh at, it won't be at a fellow NOR
tai with the ehills.
Moral-'sThey laugh best who laugh
last"